thymol

From French thymol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪmɒl/

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thymol (countable and uncountable, plural thymols)

1. (chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

• carvacrol

• mythol.

From thym +‎ -ol, coined by French chemist Alexandre Lallemand in 1853.

• IPA^(key): /ti.mɔl/

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thymol m (plural thymols)

1. (organic chemistry) thymol

• “thymol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.